Factors Influencing Ranging on Community Land and Crop Raiding by Mountain Gorillas

Animal Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 176-188

  Seiler, N ^a   Robbins, M M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conflict mitigation; Crop raiding; Ecological factors; Food availability; Human wildlife conflict; Land use strategy; Mountain gorillas; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAND USE PLANNING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIMATE;

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EUCALYPTUS; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MUSA SP.;

EID: 84941247886     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12232     Document Type: Article

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